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Monday, November 06, 2006

Changes of Halloween in Cartagena


Let's remember Halloween here in Cartagena about 7 years ago. In those times I still made part of the children that when out for candy. Everything was very safety. A lot of kids dressed up with bags that later they got full of candy. You could hear many people, that's right, not only kids, singing "Trick-or-Treat". Maids and moms were with their kids and some kids walked by themselves. Oh! And that's right! There were a lot of decorations. Now, I think, Halloween is no more a day for little kids in Cartagena.

I don't know what's happening but I've seen less kids Trick-or-Treating. Off Course some kids have stopped, but what about the new kids that trick-or-treat for the first time? This last Halloween I saw very few kids asking for candies. I saw a few families walking around, but the rest of families were in their balconies or something. But I think I know the reason where most kids had gone. This reason is also another change of Halloween.

Another big change of Halloween in Cartagena is that it is not very safe. There are a lot of kids throwing gunpowder in the streets. It was impossible to pass by there. Kids and teenagers become crazy there throwing flour, eggs, and gumpowder to the cars, constructions, houses, and to each other! One friend of mine got a burn. There was an adult woman that I heard calling the police. She seem scared.The police had to pass by many times. However, the police was very violent with the kids.The friends of the kids taken by the police threw gunpowder to them and yelled them bad words. I think safety is the greatest change.

I think it is good to have Halloween spirit and dress up, even if you don't go out. However, in such a day that it is so dangerous for kids to ask for candy, everyone lose the spirit. This brings to another change, decoration. People are not happy anymore. This makes them stop decorating because they are not interested in Halloween. In conclusion, Halloween has changed with the pass of years and people have lost their spirit, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun. Go out or stay in your house and spend time with your friends like that you can have a good memory.

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